The impacts of plastic waste from personal protective equipment used during the covid-19 pandemic

ALV Cubas, EHS Moecke, AP Provin, ARA Dutra… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The period from 2019 to 2022 has been defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an
unprecedented demand for and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). However, the …

Role of additive manufacturing in medical application COVID-19 scenario: India case study

P Patel, P Gohil - Journal of manufacturing systems, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews how the Additive Manufacturing (AM) industry played a key role in
stopping the spread of the Coronavirus by providing customized parts on-demand quickly …

Conducting qualitative research to respond to COVID-19 challenges: Reflections for the present and beyond

S Tremblay, S Castiglione, LA Audet… - International …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The global response to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about
massive health, social and economic impacts. Based on the pressing need to respond to the …

Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: a simple protection tool with many meanings

L Martinelli, V Kopilaš, M Vidmar, C Heavin… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Wearing face masks is recommended as part of personal protective equipment and as a
public health measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Identifying patterns of turnover intention among Alabama frontline nurses in hospital settings during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Cole, H Ali, A Ahmed, M Hamasha… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Current research about frontline nurse stress and turnover intention lacks
context related to rural communities' plight in providing organizational resources during the …

A bibliometric network analysis of coronavirus during the first eight months of COVID-19 in 2020

LB Furstenau, B Rabaioli, MK Sott, D Cossul… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of society. Researchers worldwide have
been working to provide new solutions to and better understanding of this coronavirus. In …

“Any idea how fast 'It's just a mask!'can turn into 'It's just a vaccine!'”: From mask mandates to vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Martin, S Vanderslott - Vaccine, 2022 - Elsevier
Protests starting in the summer of 2020, notedly in the US and UK, have brought together
two constituencies: pre-existing anti-vaccine groups and newly formed oppositional COVID …

Transmission mitigation of COVID-19: Exhaled contaminants removal and energy saving in densely occupied space by impinging jet ventilation

C Qin, SZ Zhang, ZT Li, CY Wen, WZ Lu - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The pandemic of COVID-19 and its transmission ability raise much attention to ventilation
design as indoor-transmission outstrips outdoor-transmission. Impinging jet ventilation (IJV) …

Wearing a mask—For yourself or for others? Behavioral correlates of mask wearing among COVID-19 frontline workers

A Asri, V Asri, B Renerte, F Föllmi-Heusi, JD Leuppi… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Human behavior can have effects on oneself and externalities on others. Mask wearing is
such a behavior in the current pandemic. What motivates people to wear face masks in …

The use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic by the Brazilian population

P Cotrin, AC Bahls, DO da Silva… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To evaluate the use of facemasks by the Brazilian population during the COVID-19
pandemic. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study involved 1277 participants who …